S.A.’s Summer Glau lands NBC superhero show not named ‘Heroes’

You just can’t keep a good geek girl down. San Antonio native Summer Glau — you know, Bennett from “Dollhouse,” Cameron from “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” and River Tam from “Firefly” — has just expanded her science fiction TV repertoire with a role on the NBC pilot “The Cape,” a superheroes show that thankfully isn’t “Heroes.”

THR reports Glau will play Orwell, a blogger who tracks down bad guys be they in costume or cop unis. THR says the pilot focuses on an ex-cop who gets set up as a criminal and becomes a masked hero named the Cape to clear his name.

Glau really rocked as the tweaky genius Bennett on “Dollhouse,” so here’s hoping we see more of that sexy quirk on NBC. Besides, if NBC can keep crap like “Heroes” on for so long past its sell-by date (read: end of season one) “The Cape” should easily make it to syndication.